They had no cause to upbraid him on their own account; and they had now abandoned the right to do so on his own.

With such assumed sternness he began his walk; but now it had all melted before the warmth of one tender word from a woman's mouth.
'I know I am not worth thinking about,' said he.
'Do not say so; pray do not say so.

Do not think that we say so to ourselves.

I grieve for your faults.

Charley; I know they are grievous and wicked; but I know how much there is of good in you.
I know how clever you are, how excellent your heart is, how sweet your disposition.